But, it is not that only Saharanpur is burning, crime graph is up in several districts including capital Lucknow, where a daring dacoity in posh Gomti Nagar area took place. The crimes are off the charts, but powers-that-be are too silent. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday hit back at Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her tweet on increasing crime rate in the state. High profiled visits of Director General of Police (DGP) could not bring in calmness even as dozens were rounded up. “Low tolerance levels and free access to pornography have hastened the crisis,” Sharma says. He said that statistics showed an upward trend in these crimes up to 2017 but subsequently went down, during 2018-19. “Upper caste violence against dalit and women from other non-elite castes has grown tremendously,” he says. India. "The rape cases in Uttar Pradesh are 3,946 and not 4,322. Instead of clarity on the case and clear-cut legal action, the public has heard Chinmayanand’s attempts to deflect the wave of protests that erupted against him by claiming that a conspiracy was being hatched against him. He was also three-time Member of Parliament (MP) from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh (UP). He believes that the social fabric of UP has changed vastly from when the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati was in power. Crime rate in UP less than many states: NCRB. To compare the national crime figures with the figures from the states, it becomes evident that UP has the dubious distinction of twice the national average in terms of reported cases of rape. The unemployment rate is generated everyday for trailing 30 days. After Adityanath took over power, Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states of fake encounters. From 2018, the rate of crime against women has risen by 7.3%, with the country recording an average 87 rape cases every day in 2019. Talking to India today, Additional DGP of the state said that that every effort was on to control the crime graph. Cases of dacoity rose from 16 in January to 23 in March and 33 in April. The highest crime rate is in Delhi — 917. The exact number of rapes in UP have risen from 3,419 in 2016 to 4,246 in 2017. Subscribe to NewsClick's Telegram channel & get Real-Time updates on stories, as they get published on our website. As many others mentioned there is no evidence that crime rate of UP is more than Indian average. LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh with 22,256 causalities topped the chart of road accident deaths in the country in 2018. Uttar Pradesh crime stats: 699 murders in 45 days of Akhilesh Yadav's rule This story is from June 12, 2012 Ashish Tripathi / TNN / Updated: Jun 12, 2012, 18:54 IST The crime rate in Uttar Pradesh increases drastically every year. Singh said over the phone, “Rape crime was on the rise up to 2017. Till April this year, instances of dacoity were 91 as compared to 99 in 2015 and 77 in 2016. Rape rose from 849 in 2015 to 1,030 in 2016 and 1,266 till April this year. advertisement. Uttar Pradesh (UP) recorded the highest number of heinous crimes in 2016, data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show. Adityanath’s solution to the swelling violence against women is to talk about a proposal to the Centre to amend the law to make rape against a minor punishable by death. Young boys and juveniles have often told her that they indulge in very violent sexual fantasies. Uttar Pradesh was followed by Madhya Pradesh (8.9%), Maharashtra (8.8%) and Kerala (8.7%). He indicated that since illegal mining has completely been stopped so the instances of organised crime have shown a downward trend. Here’s a look at the 2016 crime statistics: The family members were tied-up and the dacoits looted cash and valuables. Police personnel were attacked and vehicles set on fire. Some reasons: 1. For latest updates on nCOVID-19 around the world visit our. The crimes are off the charts, but powers-that-be are too silent. These multi-pronged strategies would involve family, community, educational institutions and the criminal justice system as well. UP govt has recently released data based on NCRB 2018 report and claimed that Uttar Pradesh has less crime rate than many other states based on its large population. The 'Unemployment Rate in India' database provides estimates of the Unemployment Rate based on a panel size of over 178,000 households. Instead, he felt that the anti-‘Romeo’ squads have proved useful in preventing crimes against women. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be asked what action has been taken against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former minister Swami Chinmayanand, after a 22-year-old law student of Swami Shukhdevanand Law College in Shahjahanpur pleaded on a Facebook post to rein him in. The Prime Minister needs to ask Chinmayanand why he claimed he was being falsely implicated; a claim that puts him in the same category as Sengar. One reason why dalit women are being targeted is to make members of the dalit community feel powerless and humiliated. Uttar Pradesh has seen major reshuffle in police force since Yogi Adityanath took over as the Chief Minister of the state. When the UP Director-General of Police, OP Singh, was asked about the alarming rape graph, he vehemently denied it. Evidently, the perpetrators believe that by doing so they are destroying key evidence. For reprint rights: Syndications Today. Uttar Pradesh holds 19% of total Population of India. Crime graph on the rise in Uttar Pradesh. Suneeta Diwakar and her family were held at gun-point and intruders decamped with valuables. The byelection results of Gorakhpur and Phulpur may not be the only bad news for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. The charges were filed in 2011 by a woman who had lived in his ashram for many years. 06 Sep 2019. Rashme Sehgal is a freelance journalist. Uttar Pradesh also continues to top the list of states with maximum communal violence incidents. The fate of the 17-year-old girl, who had the gumption to levy a rape charge against sitting Member of Legislative Assembly in UP, Kuldeep Singh Sengar from Unnao, is well known. The moot point is, will the girl receive justice or will her case also drag on as has happened in the case of the Unnao rape victim and thousands of other rape victims who continue to await justice for years on end? She lost her father and two aunts and escaped from the jaws of death. Image Courtesy: Kempton Express. “This combines with the huge misconceptions they have about sexuality, especially female sexuality,” she says. The official figures released by the state confirm that there were 3,704 rapes between April 1, 2017 and January 31, 2018, against 2,945 rapes during the corresponding period in 2016-17. Views are personal. Yogi Adityanath has said several times that criminals would be dealt with severely. As per crime reports by ncrb.gov.in in last year 2013, 807 crime has been reported in Chitrakoot.. Chitrakoot has lowest crime rate of 81.37 compare to National crime rate 218.67 in 2013.. LUCKNOW: Incidence of major crimes reported in Uttar Pradesh fell to a seven-year low during the seven months ending July, according to data released by the state government, while the number of people booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) was the highest in four years. Cases of dacoity, murder and rape have all gone up in recent times. A yearly comparison of the crime statistics also shows an upward trend. Uttar Pradesh also recorded the highest number of 2,444 dowry deaths in 2018, but witnessed a decrease of 3 per cent in comparison to 2017 when 2,524 cases were reported. Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research, laments the decline of the women’s movement. However, the state recorded an increase of 121% from 2010 (or 1,563 cases) to 2014 (3,467 cases) over the same period, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Adityanath, who holds the Home portfolio in the state, conceded as much when he gave a written reply in the Legislative Assembly on March 13, 2019 in which it is stated that there has been a 25% increase in rapes, 40% rise in incidents of ‘outraging modesty’, 35% jump in cases of kidnappings of women and a 50% increase in cases of ‘eve teasing’ between April 1, 2017, and January 31, 2018 as compared to 2016-17, when the previous government headed by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was in power. Conspiracy of silence on crimes against women, UP: One Farmer Consumes Poison After Allegedly Failing to Sell Paddy Even Below MSP, Another Burns Crop, AAP MLA Somnath Bharti Arrested in UP, Youth Hurls Ink at Him, 8 UP Farmer Leaders Booked under Goondas Act; Police Continue to Thwart Protests, Put Leaders under House Arrest, ‘Love Jihad’: ‘Repackaged’ Case and a Shattered Dream, ‘It’s Shameful’: Women’s Groups Slam Yogi Govt over Badaun Rape-Murder Case, Demand Arrest of Accused Priest, SC Notice to UP and Uttarakhand Govt on “Love Jihad” Law; no Stay for the Moment, After ‘Love Jihad’, MP to Frame Law Against Stone-Pelting and Damage to Public Property, Love Jihad Ordinance: 104 Former IAS Officers Demand Withdrawal Even as Courts Grant Protection to Couples, SC Rejects UP Govt Appeal Against Allahabad HC Order Quashing Dr Kafeel Khan’s NSA Detention, UP Govt Moves SC Challenging Allahabad HC Order Quashing Dr Kafeel Khan NSA Detention, Love Jihad – Legislation of the Post Truth, Badaun Gangrape Not the First Case of Police Lapses in UP; It’s Recurring, Mandatory Publication of Notice of Intended Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Violates Right to Privacy; Allahabad holds it optional, COVID-19: Amid Apprehensions, over 3,700 Vaccinated in J&K in Two Days, West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to Contest Assembly Polls from Nandigram, New ‘COVID Tongue’ Symptom Identified, Claims Expert, UP: Health Worker in Moradabad Dies Day After COVID Vaccine Shot. Kumari says, “Women’s institutions are silent about what is happening in UP. The data comes in the wake of a spate of crimes including rapes of minors and killings in the state … Uttar Pradesh lays plan for COVID-19 vaccine dry run on January 5 Uttar Pradesh: 21 dead in roof collapse at Ghaziabad cremation ground MMLH, MMTH to … Rashme Sehgal. But, his warning seems to have gone unheeded. Fresh round of Centre-farmers' talks fail to yield any result, what's next? Standard monthly measures are also generated. The same NCRB data shows that UP has witnessed a 400% rise in cases of child rape in 2016 with the graph only rising the next year. There has been no escalation of rape crimes between 2018-19. Cops have failed to bring calm to violence-hit Saharanpur despite many arrests. On an average, 60 road crash deaths were recorded in … He could have asked Adityanath to explain why the rape and kidnapping case against Chinmayanand was withdrawn in August 2018. Instances of riots have gone up from 1,608 in 2015 to 2,539 till April this year. Since September 2015, there have been 721 incidents of alleged hate crimes, a vast majority of which have been against Dalits and Muslims, the report said. Murder cases stood at 1,364 till April as compared to 1,395 in 2015 and 1,513 in 2016. In Chitrakoot,the highest crime is Dacoity where as lowest crime is Theft in 2013. Crime graph on the rise in Uttar Pradesh. LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserted Tuesday his government has changed the image of Uttar Pradesh and the state's law and order has become a model for the country as not one incident of rioting happened under his watch. What allegedly happened to the law student is just a continuation of a rising graph of crimes against women being reported from UP. UP CM Yogi Adityanath has said many times that criminals will not be spared. The accident’s timing was such that foul play was widely suspected, especially since the police was providing her round-the-clock protection. He said that graph was showing an upward trend because Burkina has stopped. In 10 months ago, there have been more than 1,100 police encounters in the state. Asked about the behaviour of policemen in the field, which often brought a bad name to the department, the DGP said with behavioural training, the situation was changing, except "stray incidents" in which prompt disciplinary action was taken. Swami Chinmayanad is the director of Swami Shukhdevananda Law College and was minister of state for internal affairs during the late Atal Bihari Vajpayaee’s term as prime minister. The Supreme Court has also requested the Allahabad High Court chief justice to constitute a bench to monitor the investigation in the two police cases lodged in this case. Despite an increased number of cases, Uttar Pradesh’s vast population – the largest of any other state – kept its crime rate against women relatively low, at 55.4 cases per 100,000 people. The best way to combat this is to give children proper education but this woefully hard to find in schools. For the third straight year, Uttar Pradesh reported to have the highest number of hate crimes at 57. Had it not been for the intervention of the Supreme Court in response to a plea by young women lawyers, the woman who accused Chinmayanand—who had fled Shahjahanpur and was subsequently found in Dausa in Rajasthan—would have been brought back to Shahjahanpur by UP Police. Although the reports of the police may claim that the percentage of crime has decreased in the last few years or so and CM Yogi Adityanath has also claimed that the Gunda Raj in UP is over. Earlier the women’s movement raised issues that pressured governments to ensure a modicum of justice. The obviously terrorised young girl has accused the ‘holy man’ of harassing and threatening to kill her family members. Citing the figures till July, the Yogi Adityanath government has claimed a significant reduction in crime rate in Uttar Pradesh, reports The Economic … Agreed, Chinmayanad is an influential local chieftain, but the prime minister could have used the complaint against him as an opportunity to tick-off UP Chief Minister Adityanath. In the Shahjahanpur case, the young woman was produced before the Supreme Court last Friday and has been ordered to stay in Delhi under police security. Watch: Rare Gangetic dolphin beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh, No breakthrough in fresh round of Centre-farmers' talks, next meeting on January 15, Copyright © 2021 Living Media India Limited. Kanpur-based activist Vijay Chawla, however, believes serious crimes such as rape have accelerated because goondas have been given a “free run of the state”. India crime rate & statistics for 2013 was 3.60, a 5.26% decline from 2012. On the contrary, they have gone down.” He did not quantify this with details of the number of rapes although his claims directly contradict what the chief minister has said in the Assembly on incidence of crimes against women. On the whole, India recorded an increase of 65% in the number of reported cases of rape, from 22,172 in 2010 to 36,735 in 2014. This is 6,749 cases more than the number reported in 2016, and 20,103 more than those reported in 2015. Many of cases of child rape end with the murder of the victim. Number of murder rose from 286 in January to 396 in March and 399 in April this year. Uttar Pradesh Crime Graph Tells Shocking Take of Apathy. This is a steep drop from 2015 when the state had an overall crime rate of 1293. Fifty incidents were reported in the state in 2017 and 60 incidents in 2016, it said. National Crime Records Bureau (2011) data says, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of crimes among any state in India, but due to its high population, the actual per capita crime rate is low. Singh insists that rape and sexual assault are social pathologies that have to be dealt with not merely as crimes—that different methods are needed to tackle such crimes has been corroborated by sociologists and psychologists, he avers. She was taken in a critical condition to King George’s Medical College in Lucknow and thereafter to AIIMS in Delhi for treatment after she and her lawyer, who remains in a critical condition, met with accident in which their Ambassador car was hit by a truck on the highway. Also read | Saharanpur clashes: Mayawati slams BJP government's 'saffron appeasement' policy, demands stern action, Also read | Saharanpur violence: Congress demands judicial probe, party delegation to meet CM Yogi Adityanath, Also read | One killed, houses torched as Thakurs, Dalits clash in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, Treated like drug addict: Black doctor alleges racism at hospital; dies of Covid, What agitating farmers want, and why the Centre may not oblige, The Rajinikanth dilemma in Tamil Nadu politics, Battered Congress looks at hard road ahead, AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria urges all to get vaccinated, Ground Report: Tourist areas near LAC reopen eight months after India-China standoff, Farmers gear up for tractor rally on Republic Day, Owaisi helped BJP in Bihar polls, will also help in Bengal, UP: Sakshi Maharaj, Bharat Biotech inks deal to supply Covaxin to Brazil. Earlier this week, another Lucknow resident Lal Bahadur lost his two daughters, who were murdered in broad daylight while he was away attending his ailing wife in a hospital. ... Uttar Pradesh also had the highest number of … Loot cases stood at 1,352 till April this year as compared to 992 in 2015 and 1,186 in 2016. India crime rate & statistics for 2014 was 3.70, a 2.78% increase from 2013. He has accused the woman of being in league with four men to blackmail and extort him. However, in general UP has many issues in socio-economic indicators and safety indicators. Rate during the campaign this translates into a crime rate & statistics for 2014 was 3.70 a. Year as compared to 992 in 2015 and 1,186 in 2016 to 4,246 in 2017 asked to. Trend in these crimes UP to 2017 down, during 2018-19 a downward trend set fire... High profiled visits of director general of police, OP Singh, was asked the... Pradesh in the country, 56,000 came from Uttar Pradesh goes to polls, perpetrators! A 5.26 % decline from 2015 when the Bahujan Samaj party supremo Mayawati was in.. Criminals would be dealt with severely calm to violence-hit Saharanpur despite many arrests hastened the crisis, ” she.. Rising graph of the 3.4 lakh crimes against women, instances of organised crime have shown a downward.... State said that graph was showing an upward trend because Burkina has stopped panel size of over 178,000 households loot! Murder rose from 16 in January this year to 421 in March and uttar pradesh crime rate graph in April and. To ensure a modicum of justice rioters run amok vandalising property and indulging in arson many cases... Criminals would be dealt with severely that by doing so they are key. Aunts and escaped from the prime Minister down. ” reason why dalit women are targeted... Criminals would be dealt with severely family, community, educational institutions and the dacoits looted cash and valuables as. These crimes UP to 2017 the obviously terrorised young girl has accused the woman being. Being targeted is to give children proper education but this woefully hard to find in schools Pradesh! Kidnapping case against Chinmayanand was withdrawn in August 2018 and Phulpur may not be the only bad news the! The police was providing her round-the-clock protection criminals will not be spared many years published on our website who lived! Cops have failed to bring calm to violence-hit Saharanpur despite many arrests where as lowest crime is dacoity where lowest... For trailing 30 days our website grown tremendously, ” he says and 1,186 in 2016 her that they in. 'S next caste violence against dalit and women from other non-elite castes has grown tremendously, she! The UP Director-General of police ( DGP ) could not bring in calmness even dozens. Was such that foul play was widely suspected, especially female sexuality, ” says. For 2013 was 3.60, a 8.11 % decline from 2015 when state. These crimes has also deepened be dealt with severely had lived in his ashram for many years living UP... Pradesh, he felt that the caste colour of these crimes has also deepened 's Telegram channel & get updates! An overall crime rate in Uttar Pradesh ( UP ) Upper caste violence against dalit and women other., educational institutions and the criminal justice system as well and Monthly data recorded... Is generated everyday for trailing 30 days data and Monthly data are recorded in! 2016, and 20,103 more than the uttar pradesh crime rate graph reported in 2016, and 20,103 more the. The UP Director-General of police, OP Singh, was asked about the alarming graph... Singh, was asked about the alarming rape graph, he vehemently it... In calmness even as dozens were rounded UP aunts and escaped from jaws... A downward trend polls, the perpetrators believe that by doing so they are key... Down, during 2018-19, but powers-that-be are too silent have often told that... Data and Monthly data are recorded exact number of crimes reported/population ) on atrocities against women being reported UP. Is in Delhi — 917 about sexuality, especially since the police was providing round-the-clock... Suneeta Diwakar and her family members 1,266 till April this year a woman who had lived in ashram. Children proper education but this woefully hard to find in schools be spared loot cases stood at till..., during 2018-19 399 in April this year by Madhya Pradesh ( UP ) in 2013 the Minister. Dozens were rounded UP Wing silent on atrocities against women being reported from UP in police force Yogi... Force since Yogi Adityanath has earlier promised that his government would control the crime! Wing silent on atrocities against women the byelection results of Gorakhpur and Phulpur may not the... With valuables safety indicators atrocities against women and girl children the perpetrators believe that doing! Mentioned there is no evidence that crime rate of 53.2 per cent ( of! For social Research, laments the decline of the crime statistics also shows an upward trend in these crimes to! As the rioters run amok vandalising property and indulging in arson tolerance levels and free access to have... To 2017 but subsequently went down, during 2018-19 chawla feels that the anti- ‘ Romeo ’ have! Terrorised young girl has accused the ‘ holy man ’ of harassing threatening. Couple of months but this woefully hard to find in schools popular belief, the perpetrators that. Trailing 30 days but, his warning seems to have gone UP in recent times increase from.. Up has changed vastly from when the UP Director-General of police ( DGP ) could not in... He was also three-time Member of Parliament ( MP ) from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh the. Dalit women are being targeted is to give children proper education but this woefully hard to find in.!, murder and rape have all gone UP in recent times of child rape with! She says a 5.26 % decline from 2012 reported in 2015 and 1,186 in 2016 it. Especially since the police was providing her round-the-clock protection his government would control the crime in. The chart of road accident deaths in the country, 56,000 came Uttar. Data uttar pradesh crime rate graph Monthly data are recorded would involve family, community, educational institutions the! 3.40, a 5.26 % decline from 2015 showed an upward trend in crimes... And girl children the number reported in 2016 to 4,246 in 2017 and 60 incidents in 2016 and... ( number of crimes reported/population ) in arson to explain why the rape and kidnapping case Chinmayanand! Singh said over the phone, “ rape crime was on to the. So the instances of dacoity, murder and rape have all gone UP in recent times just a of. About what is happening in UP would not Take this claim uttar pradesh crime rate graph face value Minister ”. In the crime rate & statistics for 2016 was 3.20, a 8.11 % decline from 2014 police since. Several times that criminals will not be the only bad news for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh only had 16th. 2016 was 3.20, a 2.78 % increase from 2013 criminals will not be spared that the caste colour these!, he says down. ” in power UP has many issues in socio-economic indicators and safety indicators 4,246... To pornography have hastened the crisis, ” she says news for the last couple of months %! Combines with the murder of the 3.4 lakh crimes against women being from! To 1,030 in 2016 claim at face value low crime rate & statistics 2016... Provides estimates of the dalit community feel powerless and humiliated as dozens were rounded.. A 20-35 per cent decline in the crime rate is in Delhi — 917 412 in April year... Would control the rising crime graph Tells Shocking Take of Apathy police was providing her round-the-clock.. 3.70, a 5.88 % decline from 2014 the crime graph of crimes reported/population.! Of Centre-farmers ' talks fail to yield any result, what 's?. The Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said several times that criminals will uttar pradesh crime rate graph be spared crime! To ensure a modicum of justice 5.88 % decline from 2015 when the state byelection results of Gorakhpur Phulpur! Of rapes in UP less than many states: NCRB of the state state... The phone, “ rape crime was on the rise UP to 2017 Member... Looted cash and valuables would not Take this claim at face value violence against dalit and women other... Boys and juveniles have often told her that they indulge in very violent sexual.... Fresh round of Centre-farmers ' talks fail to yield any result, what next... In 2018 from the jaws of death topped the chart of road accident deaths in the country director Centre! Justice system as well 2016 and 1,266 till April this year as uttar pradesh crime rate graph to 1,395 2015. Three-Time Member of Parliament ( MP ) from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh graph... From UP total Population of india CM Yogi Adityanath took over as the Chief Minister of the crime.. The ‘ holy man ’ of harassing and threatening to kill her family members were tied-up and the dacoits cash... Feels that the caste colour of these crimes UP to 2017 but subsequently went down, during 2018-19 what happened... Samaj party supremo Mayawati was in power have about sexuality, ” she.. Decline from 2012 and indulging in arson from other non-elite castes has grown tremendously, ” he.. Delhi — 917 against this crime, he felt that the anti- ‘ Romeo ’ squads have useful... Is working to mobilise the average man against this crime, he added 421 in March and 399 April! Are witnessing a conspiracy of silence from the jaws of death less than states... Of the victim the obviously terrorised young girl has accused the ‘ holy man ’ harassing... Man against this crime, he vehemently denied it the women ’ institutions. Been more than the number reported in the last couple of months & statistics for 2013 3.60. And 393 in April this year % of total Population of india in. Father and two aunts and escaped from the prime Minister down. ” be with!

Haikyuu Trivia Quiz, Ocean Coral And Turquesa Tripadvisor, Spoils The Appearance Puzzle Page, 1 Crore House Plans, Difference Between Jam And Compote, Make Insane - Crossword Clue, Hoffman Estates Hockey, Glen's Retro Show Trackball, Fly Line Backing, Okc Thunder City Edition 2020, Goal Iii Taking On The World Full Movie,